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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

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Local guide and birder David Mora Vargas has been spending much of his time at his family’s farm in the Sarapiqui lowlands. As it learns to hunt and live on its own, the young bird has taken up residence in a tree right in front of the farm. Check it out: Juvenile Tiny Hawk Show in Sarapiqui. Las Arrieras Nature Reserve.

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The Struggle to Save the Birds of Honduras

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Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. But, what about the rights of those who cannot defend themselves? Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs.

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

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The USA’s only truly indigenous parrot was wiped out by a combination of factors, although direct persecution through hunting seems to have been the major contributor. Today, if you want to see parrots in the USA you need look no further than Miami. But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Each species account starts with names–family name at the top of the page, followed below by English name of the species, alpha code, scientific name, local name in Cuba and the standard name as accepted by the Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO). There is even room for notes. Except for the extinct Cuban Macaw.) by Nils Navarro.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.

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Birding in a Hellmouth

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I’m not sure if I already was claustrophobic , or if the circumstances merely traumatized me to the point I became one, right there and then. Much more exciting was the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot that shot past, followed, on the rather slippery path to the caves, by several Rufous-winged Philentomas. A Bat Hawk hunting bats.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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On a quick browse, here are some facts I learned: Melanin helps to resist bacteria that attack feathers; most parrots are left-footed and this is associated with problem-solving; some birds nest in two different places in the same year. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? Is a free digital download possible?)

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